Are you allowed to monetize food made from bought recipes?

[fastlanedoll]

Since the recipe isn't 'yours', but yet you made the food, are you allowed to sell it?

Anything illegal in this?

 

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[Xeon]

Since the recipe isn't 'yours', but yet you made the food, are you allowed to sell it?

Anything illegal in this?

NO.

 

[fastlanedoll]

NO.

You mean 'no' as in I'm not allowed to sell, or it's not illegal?

 

[Timmy C]

You mean 'no' as in I'm not allowed to sell, or it's not illegal?

Just do it, ad an extra pinch of something not following the recipe.

It is now yours.

 

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[Devilery]

I'm by no means an expert in food industry, but you would likely be totally fine by using the recipe you found (unless you are literary copying specific product's (that's already made) recipe).

But to be really safe, can't you just add an extra ingredient?

I mean, there are products that have "+ GMO-Free Coconut Oil" written on the label, while there's like 1% of it inside. Take an ingredients that won't affect the taste, consistency, etc., and add it in very low quantity. Now it's a 'new' recipe!

 

[MHP368]

In the US at least you can't copyright a recipe. Thats why for instance Coca Cola goes to such lengths to not reveal the formula , if it were known they would have no legal standing to stop a 1 to 1 reproduction from being sold.

See here

 

[fastlanedoll]

I'm by no means an expert in food industry, but you would likely be totally fine by using the recipe you found (unless you are literary copying specific product's (that's already made) recipe).

But to be really safe, can't you just add an extra ingredient?

I mean, there are products that have "+ GMO-Free Coconut Oil" written on the label, while there's like 1% of it inside. Take an ingredients that won't affect the taste, consistency, etc., and add it in very low quantity. Now it's a 'new' recipe!

That's what I was thinking. You can most likely do it with cosmetics / skincare products too.

In the US at least you can't copyright a recipe. Thats why for instance Coca Cola goes to such lengths to not reveal the formula , if it were known they would have no legal standing to stop a 1 to 1 reproduction from being sold.

See here

I always wondered about Coca Cola. Since it's SO lucrative, shouldn't there be some test you can do in a laboratory to actually find out what the ingredients are?

I mean, they managed to make telescopes that can see light years away, so figuring out what's in Coca Cola shouldn't be -so- extremely difficult (btw, most of the ingredients are on the can already..)? Just a thought.

 

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[ShamanKing]

That's what I was thinking. You can most likely do it with cosmetics / skincare products too.



I always wondered about Coca Cola. Since it's SO lucrative, shouldn't there be some test you can do in a laboratory to actually find out what the ingredients are?

I mean, they managed to make telescopes that can see light years away, so figuring out what's in Coca Cola shouldn't be -so- extremely difficult (btw, most of the ingredients are on the can already..)? Just a thought.

You can copy Coca Cola, but you can’t copy Coca Cola.

 

[Xeon]

You mean 'no' as in I'm not allowed to sell, or it's not illegal?

I mean it's completely legal and you can do whatever you want. Of course, copying everything word for word from a recipe book and re-selling it is a different matter.